Supporting intercultural computer-mediated discourse

Abstract

We use the term instead of cultural to emphasis the dialogical relationship of at least two participants from different cultures in computer-mediated communication and cooperation contexts. Supporting intercultural computer-mediated communication (I-CMC) requires, on the one hand, the understanding of both enabling and constraining aspects (barriers) of such a dialogical situations, and calls for, on the other hand, new ideas for tools, architectures, etc., which may support, promote or enable computer-mediated intercultural communication and cooperation.This workshop explores the challenges in the intercultural computer-mediated communication and cooperation environments and will provide a platform for discussing empirical insights into the intercultural communication barriers and practical and theoretical works for new designs, tools and architectures that aims at overcoming them and enabling computer-mediated intercultural communication and cooperation.